1.President Droupadi Murmu Monday graced the Fifth Convocation ceremony of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar as she began her two-day visit to the state. Addressing the convocation, Murmu said AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has grown significantly over the last 12 years.

2.The 20-year-old female student of FM (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor and was undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, succumbed to 95 per cent burns she sustained in the incident, late Monday night.

3. As the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensifi ed into a well-marked system, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday forecast heavy rainfall in 19 of the 30 districts of the state.

4.Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment and Energy Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Monday asked GRIDCO officials to expedite work on the new as well as ongoing projects in the state.

5.Over 40 bird species, including a critically endangered and two endangered ones, have been recorded in the first-ever grassland survey in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, a state minister said Monday.

6.Mizoram’s capital has been linked to the rest of the country through the 51.38-km Bairabi–Sairang line, making it the fourth capital in the northeast to get rail access after Guwahati, Agartala and Itanagar. Aizawl joins India’s rly network after 26 years.

7.The Kanwar Yatra got into high gear on the fi rst Monday of the Hindu month of Shravan with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewing preparations and his Delhi counterpart Rekha Gupta saying her government would ensure “secure” passage for the Shiv devotees.

8.The Union health ministry has urged all ministries, departments and autonomous bodies to display “oil and sugar board” mentioning the sugar and oil content in snacks such as samosa, kachori, pizza, french fries and vadapav to promote healthy lifestyles and combat obesity and non-communicable diseases.

9.The Centre Monday informed the Supreme Court that it was doing whatever was “utmost possible” to save an Indian nurse facing execution July 16 for murder in Yemen, but “nothing much” could be done keeping in view the status of Yemen.

10.The Income Tax Department Monday conducted a “large-scale” verification operation across 150 locations in the country as part of a tax evasion probe against individuals and entities facilitating fraudulent claims of deductions and exemptions in Income Tax Returns (ITRs).

11.The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging an order confirming the five-year extension of the ban imposed on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

12.The Supreme Court Monday held “secretly” recorded conversations of spouses to be evidence in matrimonial disputes, including divorce proceedings.

13.Aviation watchdog DGCA Monday directed airlines to inspect the fuel switch locking system in their Boeing 787 and 737 planes, two days after AAIB's preliminary report said fuel switches were cut off before the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people last month.

14.Former civil aviation minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju was Monday appointed as the Governor of Goa and former deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta named as the new Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.

15.The names of over 6.60 crore out of the total 7.89 crore electors of Bihar will be included in the draft electoral roll, the Election Commission (EC) said Monday amid the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the voters' list.